Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-15
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.
Mrs. CRAIK was prompted to write
her last book, IAN Unknown Country. "
which discusses the condition of the
poor in tie North of Ireland, By over
hearing the remark of a laboriDg-man.
who. when rallied upon helping little
girl across the street, replied. cay.
but 'andful of 'elp is worth cart
load of pity
MADAME EMILE HYGARE CARLEN, a
popular Swedish novelist. many OF
whose rOmances have been translated
into English, is about to publish her
memoirs in three volumes. under the
title of aftermath froIa the Ca
recr of an Octogenarian Writer"
The veteran author has just entered her
eighty-tirst year.
Mrs. MARY SEYMOUR HOWELL has
organized Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton at Byron, N. Y. which will hold
its meetings during the year at the
Presbyterian Church. She has adj
dressed large audiences at Evansville.
Hornellsville and other towns, and ex-
poets to visit Chautauqua and Allie
ghany Counties.
SENORITA MATILDE MoNTOYA is the
first Mexican girl to become 4 doc
tor. A committee of young men
in the City of Mexico got up u
bull-fight in her honor, anil devoted
the proceeds to the purchase of books
and instruments for her. A country
that is civilized enough to have women
doctors ought to abandon bull-figh:s.
Mrs. E. d. GILLESPIE will shortly
hold a festival of the year at Horticult-
ural Hall, at Philadelphia. for the benz
eft of the School of Industrial Art
Each table will be named after 4
month, and decorated to correspond
Mrs. Gillespie. although grand
mother, is an unusually active woman.
She is direct descendant of Benjamin
Franklin.
Miss SUSAN B. ANTHONY is speaking
at a series of suffrage conventions in
Kansas, and meeting everywhere with
good audiences and great applause. At
a meeting in Holton recently she re-
piled to Senator Ingalls, article in the
Forum, and the whole house voted
that the Senator's position on the suf-
frage question is wrong, and that he
misrepresents his constituents.
MADAME CLARA BRINKERHOFF. the
well-known prima donna soprano and
teacher of the singing voice, real to
the Polytechnic Section of the Amer
lean Institute at the opening lecture OF
its yearly course. paper entitled
"Some Suggestive Thoughts on the
Culture of the Hum N Voice" The Sec
rotary and others pronounced it the
best paper they had ever heard on voice
culture. This was the first time dur
ing the fifty-six years of its existence
that the institute had been addressed
by woman.
JENNY LIND is dead. The wonderful
Swedish nightingale" has lived very
quietly of late years, training the wom-
Ell singers in the Bach choir in London,
and teaching class of poor gals.
whom she prepared for concert and
opera. OF the vast sums she earned as
singer. she had spent nearly all in
charity, founding and maintaining art
scholarships and charities in Sweden.
and a hospital in Liverpool and a large
section of similar institution in Lon.
don. Her character seems to have
been as beautiful as her voice. She
leaves a husband. two sons and q
daughter
Mrs. DICKENS. the grandmother of
the famous novelist was housekecper
at Crewe in the time of the first Lord
Crewe. the grandfather of the present
holder of the title, and of his sister.
the first Lady Houghton. Lady
Houghton' used to speak with en-.
thusiasm of Mrs Dickens wonderful
powers as story-teller. 1t was her
delight as child to listen to the tales
which the old lady related with so
much dramatic force and feeling
Mrs Dickens had one grievance which
Lady HOughton recalled. 1t was the
conduct Of her son John-Charles'
father-against whose idleness and
general incapacity she was never tired
of inveighing.